| 100% | ACHES | 5 | What you're faced with after the wild night you spent moshing |
| 45% | SELECTIONS | 10 | What you're faced with making when looking at the list of names on November 3 |
| 37% | ORDINARYJOE | 11 | Unremarkable sort, or what you're left with after 17-, 25-, 39- and 48-Across |
| 36% | TOWEL | 5 | What you dry off with after a bath |
| 34% | WECANWORKITOUT | 14 | 1965 song with the lyric "Think of what you're saying" |
| 34% | CANDYSHOP | 9 | 50 Cent hit with the lyric “One taste of what I got / I’ll have you spending all you got” |
| 34% | DONTSPEAK | 9 | "No Doubt" song with the lyric "I know just what you're saying" |
| 33% | BINGEREAD | 9 | What you might do with the Harry Potter books |
| 33% | PASTE | 5 | What you might do with text after you copy it |
| 33% | HOSE | 4 | What you water the garden with |
| 33% | ETOILE | 6 | What you might wish upon from the Eiffel Tower at night |
| 32% | SPIT | 4 | What you do after rinsing with mouthwash |
| 32% | TOE | 3 | What you might test the waters with |
| 31% | LYSOL | 5 | What you might use after someone takes the Pledge? |
| 31% | FOLLOW | 6 | With 32 Across, do as you're told ... and what you must do while solving the answers to the starred clues? |
| 31% | WARMTH | 6 | What you get from the fireplace on a cold night |
| 31% | ORDER | 5 | What you would do after going through the restaurant menu |
| 31% | STICK | 5 | What you hit the ball with during a hockey game? |
| 31% | BAT | 3 | What you hit the ball with during a baseball game? |
| 31% | CLUB | 4 | What you hit the ball with during a golf match? |
| 31% | LEG | 3 | What you kick the ball with during a soccer match? |
| 31% | HAND | 4 | What you hit the ball with during a volleyball match? |
| 31% | BEGINWATCHING | 13 | What you might do after the movie previews are finally over? |
| 31% | CUE | 3 | What you hit the white ball with during a billiards game? |
| 31% | FAMILIES | 8 | Friends and __, the kin you spend New Year with |
| 30% | LESS | 4 | What the KonMari Method leaves you with |
| 30% | ISOLATEDSPRINKLES | 17 | What you might find on the counter after making ice cream sundaes? |
| 30% | MESS | 4 | What you end up with when your kid's school volcano project prematurely erupts in the kitchen |
| 30% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | The Constitution State ... or, when parsed differently, what you gradually do with this puzzle's circled letters? |
| 30% | EAR | 3 | Body part that, after an "H" is added, becomes what you can do with it |